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The legislature of Pennsylvania has increased the biennial appro- 

 priation for the State Forest Department by 30 per cent over that made 

 in 191 5, so that it now amounts to $807,000. The increase is mainly 

 in appropriation for forest protection and labor (planting), and for 

 purchase of land, for which $130,000 is provided. The Forest Academy 

 at Mont Alto also receives an advance to $25,000. 



The Canadian Lumbermen's Association, the Canadian Forestry As- 

 sociation, and the Canadian Forest Protection Association will hold 

 their annual meetings in Montreal during the first week of February, 

 1918. 



More than two-thirds of the technical foresters in Canada in 1914 

 have seen military service at the front. The enlistment of forest 

 rangers has likewise been heavy. 



From an account in the Canadian Textile Journal, October, 1917, 

 describing the manufacture of paper fiber rugs by a company at 

 Neenah, Wis., we learn that not only durable rugs in usual sizes are 

 made from tissue paper twisted into threads, but also hall runners, bath 

 mats, and any variety of floor coverings. 



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